jim@xios.XIOS.UUCP (James Tinkess) (02/09/88)
I'm reading the documentation on the 8087 NPX. From what I see it appears that ANY arithmetic instruction will be executed on the 8087 if is present. This (so the docu says) saves you from having to maintain 2 sets of libraries. Ok, what does this mean? Does it mean that arithmetic instructions are translated into 8087 instructions at run-time? Or must the 8087 instructions be generated by the assembler. What do I want to know? I have Nabu 1600 running Xenix 2.0b, will the math libraries use the 8087? If not, how can I make use of the 8087? I ran a tests with and without the 8087. On 5000 calls to pow(base,pow); base = e pow = 16; There was about a 1.6 second difference, this test may not be 'hard' enough. I would also like a good fp benchmark. Slightly confused, Thanx... -- "On the 8th day he documented" James Tinkess Unet - utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!xios!jim Voice - (613)-725-5411-x342 Land - XIOS Systems Corporation, 1600 Carling Ave. Ottawa, Ont. Canada K1Z 8R8